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Christina Salmivalli

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Christina Salmivalli
Born(1967-09-18)18 September 1967(age 56)
NationalityFinnish
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Turku
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
Sub-disciplineEducational psychology
Developmental psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Turku

Christina Salmivalli(born 18 September 1967)[1]is aFinnishprofessor ofpsychologyand the deputy head of the INVEST research flagship at theUniversity of Turkuin Finland. Salmivalli is recognized as an expert on peer relations andschool bullying.

Biography[edit]

In 1992, Salmivalli completed a master's degree in psychology from the University of Turku.[2]She earned her doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Turku in 1998.[2]Her research, onsocialandpersonalityfactors of school bullying,[3]won theFinnish Academy of Science and Lettersdoctoral dissertation award in 1999.[1]

Salmivalli joined the psychology faculty at the University of Turku as an adjunct professor in 2001, becoming a full professor of psychology in 2004.[4]She has held several visiting professorships, including positions at theUniversity of Stavangerin Norway; atEdith Cowan UniversityinPerth,Australia; and atShandong Normal UniversityinJinan,China.[2][4]

In 2020, amid theCOVID-19 pandemic in Finland,thePrime Minister's office appointed Salmivalli to lead a 13-member science panel to advise on efforts to mitigate the long-term effects of the pandemic.[5]

Research[edit]

Salmivalli conducts research within the fields ofdevelopmental psychologyand prevention research, focusing on children's and adolescent's peer relations and evidence-based interventions to prevent peer adversities such as school bullying.[4]She has published widely on the role of the peer group in bullying and on interventions aiming to change the peer dynamics contributing to bullying.[6][7]

KiVa[edit]

In 2006, Salmivalli began leading a team of researchers tasked by Finland'sMinistry of Education and Cultureto develop and evaluate a bullying intervention program.[8]The resulting program, named KiVa (short for "kiusaamista vastaan", Finnish for "against bullying" ), includes lessons on emotions, healthy relationships, andbystander responsesto bullying.[8]The program also outlines a specific protocol for school staff to follow when they encounter incidents of bullying.[8][9]

KiVa is Finland's national bullying prevention program;[10]as of 2016, it had been implemented in over 2,300 Finnish schools.[11]It is also used at schools in more than countries around the world, including the Netherlands, Chile, Italy, the United Kingdom.[12][13]

KiVa's effectiveness has been evaluated in a number oflongitudinal studies.One study of more than 7,000 Finnish students found significant improvements among students' bullying and mental health at schools involved in KiVa, compared to control schools.[10]A large-scale replication in the Netherlands, led by Gijs Huitsing andRené Veenstra,found also evidence of the effectiveness of the KiVa program.[14]

Awards and honours[edit]

Salmivalli was named Psychologist of the Year by the Finnish Psychological Association in 2009.[4]In 2017, the Minister of Education and Culture,Sanni Grahn-Laasonen,presented Salmivalli with the Finnish Science Prize, worth €100,000.[4][13]

Selected works[edit]

  • Salmivalli, Christina; Lagerspetz, Kirsti; Björkqvist, Kaj; Österman, Karin; Kaukiainen, Ari (1998). "Bullying as a group process: Participant roles and their relations to social status within the group".Aggressive Behavior.22(1): 1–15.doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1996)22:1<1::AID-AB1>3.0.CO;2-T.ISSN0096-140X.
  • Salmivalli, Christina (1999). "Participant role approach to school bullying: implications for interventions".Journal of Adolescence.22(4): 453–459.doi:10.1006/jado.1999.0239.PMID10469509.
  • Salmivalli, Christina; Nieminen, Eija (2002). "Proactive and reactive aggression among school bullies, victims, and bully-victims".Aggressive Behavior.28(1): 30–44.doi:10.1002/ab.90004.ISSN0096-140X.
  • Salmivalli, Christina; Voeten, Marinus (2004). "Connections between attitudes, group norms, and behaviour in bullying situations".International Journal of Behavioral Development.28(3): 246–258.doi:10.1080/01650250344000488.ISSN0165-0254.S2CID145536080.
  • Salmivalli, Christina (2010). "Bullying and the peer group: A review".Aggression and Violent Behavior.15(2): 112–120.doi:10.1016/j.avb.2009.08.007.
  • Kärnä, Antti; Voeten, Marinus; Little, Todd D.; Poskiparta, Elisa; Kaljonen, Anne; Salmivalli, Christina (2011). "A Large-Scale Evaluation of the KiVa Antibullying Program: Grades 4-6: Evaluation of KiVa Antibullying Program".Child Development.82(1): 311–330.doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01557.x.PMID21291444.

References[edit]

  1. ^abEllonen, Leena, ed. (2008).Suomen professorit 1640–2007.Helsinki: Professoriliitto. p. 640.ISBN978-952-99281-1-8.
  2. ^abc"Christina Salmivalli".University of Turku.Retrieved2020-01-26.
  3. ^Salmivalli, Christina (1998).Not only bullies and victims: participation in harassment in school classes: some social and personality factors.ISBN978-951-29-1080-9.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-08-09.Retrieved2020-02-16.
  4. ^abcde"Professor Christina Salmivalli wins Finnish Science Award".Academy of Finland.2017-06-07. Archived fromthe originalon 2020-01-25.Retrieved2020-01-25.
  5. ^Liiten, Marjukka (2020-05-14)."Koulukiusaamista tutkinut Christina Salmivalli johtaa nyt tiedepaneelia, joka auttaa hallitusta ulos koronakriisistä".Helsingin Sanomat(in Finnish).Retrieved2020-05-25.
  6. ^Salmivalli, Christina (2010). "Bullying and the peer group: A review".Aggression and Violent Behavior.15(2): 112–120.doi:10.1016/j.avb.2009.08.007.
  7. ^Salmivalli, Christina (1999). "Participant role approach to school bullying: implications for interventions".Journal of Adolescence.22(4): 453–459.doi:10.1006/jado.1999.0239.PMID10469509.
  8. ^abcGarcía-Ajofrín, Lola (2018-11-28)."A fórmula da Finlândia para combater o 'bullying'".EL PAÍS(in Brazilian Portuguese).Retrieved2020-02-08.
  9. ^Glory, Pivetal (2017-05-27)."El mètode 'antibullying' que triomfa a Finlàndia".Ara.cat(in Catalan).Retrieved2020-02-08.
  10. ^abWolpert, Stuart (2016-02-01)."Anti-bullying program focused on bystanders helps the students who need it the most".UCLA Newsroom.Retrieved2020-01-25.
  11. ^Ring, Evelyn (2016-06-10)."Anti-bullying programme focused on changing bystander behaviour should be in Irish schools".Irish Examiner.Retrieved2020-02-16.
  12. ^Sepúlveda, Paulina (2018-08-10)."Profesores son el factor más influyente para prevenir el acoso escolar".La Tercera(in Spanish).Retrieved2020-02-08.
  13. ^ab"KiVa-koulun kehittäjä, professori Christina Salmivalli sai 100 000 euron tiedepalkinnon".Yle Uutiset(in Finnish). 6 June 2017.Retrieved2020-02-08.
  14. ^Huitsing, Gijs; Lodder, Gerine M. A.; Browne, Wiliam J.; Oldenburg, Beau; Van der Ploeg, Rozemarijn; Veenstra, René (2020)."A Large-Scale Replication of the Effectiveness of the KiVa Antibullying Program: a Randomized Controlled Trial in the Netherlands".Prevention Science.21(5): 627–638.doi:10.1007/s11121-020-01116-4.ISSN1389-4986.PMC7305071.
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